Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Vanadium-catalyzed enantioselective oxidation of allyl sulfides

Q Zeng, Y Gao, J Dong, W Weng, Y Zhao

Index: Zeng, Qingle; Gao, Yuxing; Dong, Junyu; Weng, Wen; Zhao, Yufen Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2011 , vol. 22, # 7 p. 717 - 721

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Abstract

Abstract The enantioselective oxidation of allyl sulfides with a vanadyl complex of 3, 5- diiodosalicylidene tert-leucinol as a catalyst and aqueous hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant afforded chiral allyl sulfoxides with high enantioselectivities of up to 97.3% ee and moderate yields.